[wp-hackers] Tagging, Categorizing, Labeling, Classifying: Taxonomics and Folksonomics in WordPress

[Chris Williams]

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I think this is a great idea: splitting the functionality of having a bare
tagging schema (and the UI to add them to a post) from all the options such
as display/clouds/bells&whistles and even import/export.  Lightens up UTW,
allows the separation of the display from implementation (just good Computer
Science), allows people to choose a cloud plug-in, or a list plug-in, or...
Seems like a great idea.

And yes, I think tagging is a core functionality.  As I've said before,
tagging is not a just tagging, think of it as an index, as keywords, as a
semantic element, not just a way to a cute tag cloud.  Keyword indexes are
an important part of any publishing system.

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Chris

> From: Christine Davis <christine at neato.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Tagging, Categorizing, Labeling, Classifying:
> Taxonomics and Folksonomics in WordPress
> 
> I've been thinking about breaking UTW into a core tagging plugin,  with
> addon-plugins for the various bells, whistles, geegaws and magical pixies,
> anyway;  so having core tagging as part of wordpress is no skin off my nose,
> and perhaps something to be encouraged from my point of view.